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Scenic Pack

The HCU scenic pack run 1 August 2020 traversed some small hills in North Dunedin for about an hour before returning to the club rooms. All runners enjoyed a relaxed pace including Murtle, Merrilee Barbara (and dog), David and Tom.

Walking Pack

The walking pack had a flat walk from the clubrooms along ANZAC Ave to the railway station, along the deserted platform and over the footbridge and along to the harbour basin where we looked at the new albatross sculpture and the Neptune Memorial. We then walked round the basin and along Fryatt St then through the walkway to the Boat Harbour and viewed another sculpture, Kuri/Dog, before returning to the clubrooms via Butts Rd. Some members of the group expressed concern that we were 5 minutes late for afternoon tea but they need not have worried, there was plenty left for us.

On Sunday 26^th July we had 27 Hill City-University Athletes compete at the Barnes Cross Country. We had a big number of successful results.

The ODT article can be accessed at https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/athletics/race-win-dedicated-nephew

5km open men:

First home was Phil Morris in a time of 29:34. Phil dedicated his win to his nephew that recently passed away (Flynn Morris-Clarke). Flynn was a very successful athlete during his time competing for Hill City-University and is one of the most talented distance athletes to come through the club. It was great to see Phil draw inspiration from Flynn, with a great performance in taking the title. Third home with a strong run was Simon Rhodes. Fastest time went to Logan Slee in 17:20, and Second fastest time went to Russell Green in 17:40.

Open Women (3.75km):

Zara Geddes was first home in 21.41 and recorded fastest time. This is a seriously impressive performance and backs up a great run at the South Island Cross Country (Kennet Cup) champs, where she took the under 16 women’s south island cross country title.

Men under 18 (2.5km):

Jake Owen ran second fastest time in 9.01

Women under 18 (2.5km):

Anya Rhodes ran second fastest time in 11:08.

Boys under 14:

Third place home was Alex Walker in 5:38. Fastest time went to Lachlan Crumpton in 5:24, Archie Rhodes recorded the second fastest time in 5:32.

Girls under 14:

Lila Rhodes ran 3^rd fastest time in 5:40.

Many other athletes had great performances, and the full set of results can be found at https://hillcity.org.nz/results/

Additional photos can be found on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/HillCityUniversity

It was great to be back at the Tomohawk Domain Hall on Saturday for the Annual TK cowan Race. This is such a challenging and fun race, and we were really lucky with the weather again. This course has it all. Steep hills, Gravel, grass, sand, and road. The perfect setting to run your legs off.

We had 28 people compete across the races, and it was really nice to see other clubs (Leith and Ariki) athletes join in on the event. Listening to Bruce Cowan (the son of TK Cowan) talking about the history of the event was particularly interesting. The event was initially created to be as difficult as possible by the Prespeterian Harrier Club, and they invited Dunlaider and the Mornington Harrier clubs to join in on the event. Eventually the 3 Clubs all merged to become Hill City. The Next club merger was with the University club, and now this forms the amalgamation of the 4 clubs. This is how we became Hill City-University. It’s really nice to see that the events culture is still strong in bringing people together from different Dunedin clubs. This year a closed car park allowed us to make the course even more challenging, which was great for the people who like the punishment.

Rumor has it that Sarah Warner bribed her handicap (not really-just a good run) to allow her to run away to a 3 minute victory. However, since she is not Hill City-University affiliated it was Merrilee Cowan who claimed line honours and took home the trophy for this year. Such an awesome achievement for Merrilee, and I am sure it was made even more special since the race is named after her Grandfather, and her father (Bruce) was presenting her the winning trophy. Second women home was Barbara Patrick, who had a strong run. Third home was Anya Rhodes in her first time competing in the 8km, seriously impressive stuff. First Man home was the experienced TK Cowan performer Phil Morris, followed by Dwayne Sheddan with a good run, 3rd man went to Elliot O’Sullivan. Men’s fastest times went to Josh Hou, Elliot O’Sullivan, and Dwayne Sheddan. Women’s fastest times went to Shireen Crumpton, Sarah Rhodes, and Georgie Pakeho. Lachlan Crumpton takes home the colts trophy in the 5km event. A full set of results can be found at https://hillcity.org.nz/2020/07/18/tk-cowan-provisional-results/, well done to everyone that competed.

Thanks very much to all the volunteers that help with everything that goes into these events. There are always a large number of people that help, and I know that we are thankful to all the individuals who support the club through volunteering.

Titles Claimed

First Women Home	Name	Time
1st	Merrilee Williams (Overall winner)	51:05
2nd	Barbara Patrick	50:58
3rd	Anya Rhodes	42:53
First Men Home
1st	Phil Morris	43:27
2nd	Dwayne Sheddan	36:05
3rd	Elliot O’Sullivan	33:21
Fastest Women
1st	Shireen Crumpton	38:15
2nd	Sarah Rhodes	40:40
3rd	Georgie Pakeho	41:58
Fastest Men
1st	Josh Hou	32:31
2nd	Elliot O’Sullivan	33:21
3rd	Dwayne Sheddan	36:05
Fastest Colt/First home
1st	Lachlan Crumpton	25:42

8km Overall Race Results

Place	Name	Finish	Handicap	Actual time
1	Sarah S.Warner	50:04	4:00	46:04
2	Merrilee Williams	53.05	2:00	51:05
3	Phil Morris	53:27	10:00	43:27
4	Barbara Patrick	54:58	4:00	50:58
5	Dwayne Sheddan	55:05	19:00	36:05
6	Anya Rhodes	55:53	13:00	42:53
7	Georgie Pakeho	55:58	14:00	41:58
8	Elliot O’Sullivan	57:21	24:00	33:21
9	Orlaith Heron	57:34	18:00	39:34
10	Sarah Rhodes	57:40	17:00	40:40
11	Mark O’Donnell	57:41	20:00	37:41
12	Richard Fogarty	57:48	20:00	37:48
13	Simon Leaning	58:04	23:00	35:04
14	Shireen Crumpton	59:16	21:00	38:15
15	Cathy Weatherston	59:20	1:00	58:20
16	Josh Hou	59:31	27:00	32:31
17	Matt Bixley	59:41	23:00	36:41
18	Caitlin O’Donnell	59:45	17:00	42.45
19	Tim Dawbin	60.52	21:00	39:52
20	John McMeckan	61:09	6:00	55:09
21	Lila Rhodes	61:36	12:00	49:36
22	David Mackle	64:33	2:00	62:33
23	Ollie O’Sullivan	65.10	27:00	38:10

5km Race

Place	Name	Finish	Handicap	Actual time
1	Grayson Westgate	18:06	5:00	23:06
2	Harry Summers	20.17	3:00	23:06
3	Lachlan Crumpton	25:42	2:30	28:12
4	Liz McMecking	31:34	0:00	31:34

3km Race

Place	Name	Finish	Handicap	Actual Time
1	Melanie Button	14:49	0:00	14:49

Thanks to everyone for the awesome Saturday of competitive racing. The Facebook posted photos give a great impression of how spoilt we were with the weather. Big thanks to our Sponsors Shoe Clinic, Otago Dental Service, Archie the coffee caravan, and all the various officials that helped make the event another successful year. Can any members still to pay the $10 entry fee contact oliver.osullivan@gmail.com or bring the $10 to the TK Cowan race this weekend.

This Saturday, 18 July we have our annual TK Cowan race – from the Tomohawk Hall, 307 Tomohawk road: This is a great event, an 8km Handicap race over road, beach, and golf course. There are kids races of 3km and 5km also available. There is no requirement to be registered, so come along and we will make sure a handicap is allocated. Please arrive by 1:30pm and racing will start at 2pm, All clubs and runners are welcome. Please bring a plate for afternoon tea. We will fire up the oven and have savouries to warm us up after the event. We will also require 8 marshals’ to monitor road crossings. Please contact oliver.osullivan@gmail.com if you are available to assist or have any questions.

Last weekend we hosted the Lovelock relays at the University oval. We had superb results across all grades. It was a perfect day for some competitive racing. Awesome seeing so many people keen to be involved:

Social:

Team Rhodes (Archie, Anya, Lila, and Simon) cruised in for second place in the social grade. This provided a great warmup for their main events, which the whole family performed well, and contributed to the success of 3 separate teams. Great to see the next generation of runners experiencing tough racing. The HCU Social team of Rachael Shields, Hellen Collins, Ollie O’Sullivan, and David Mackle combined to compete in the social event.

Primary Kids:

Alex Walker, and Violet Pakeho competed together in the primary kids race.  A sick team member had to cancel, and this resulted in Alex running 3 separate and impressive legs. It was fantastic to see both young athletes working together to come home first.

High School Boys:

Luke Geddes, Matthew Bolter, Lachlan Crumpton, and Archie Rhodes all had strong runs, winning the High School Boys grade. Some impressive times being run by these up and coming young runners.

Masters Men:

We had 2 Masters mens teams compete. HCU Masters team 1 finished a close second place (Elliot O’Sullivan, Tim Bolter, Simon Rhodes, and Stephen Bloomfield). Our number 2 Masters team also performed well with (Richard Fogarty, Phil Morris, Dwayne Sheddan, and Mark Geddes).

Masters Women:

Masters Women: Georgy Pakeho, Barbara Patrick, Cathy Weatherston, and Myrtle Rough performed well and are a total inspiration.  

Senior Women:

The two Hill City-Womens teams were closely placed together. The HCU team 1 (Laura Bungard, Bella Bloomfield, Anya Rhodes, Lila Rhodes) and HCU team 2 (Shireen Crumpton, Ali Cragie, Leia Silby, Lilah Gilenberg). Apologies for some of the issues with our timing within this race. None the less there were some impressive performances here.

Senior Men:

HCU Senior men 1 and 2 had a few late changes, and the HCU team 1 came away with the title (Caden Shields, Kirk Madgwick, Ollie O’Sullivan, Logan Slee, Josh Hou, and Russell Green). HCU Team 2 narrowly managed to claim the bronze medal, with some exciting racing (Nico Alverez-Ray, Jake Owen, Tim Dawbin, Elliot O’Sullivan, Tom Spencer, Ollie O’Sullivan).

There are some errors in times. Particularly the Masters men/Senior women. There was an issue as a team picked up another teams pack. If you feel your time is not correct let oliver.osullivan@gmail know and we can add the athletes self timed results beside the result. Apologies for the inconvenience. Dubious times are (Bold and italics).

Social/Mixed

28 Dundas (1st Place)	Liam Miller	Blake Miller	Bernaby Kelly	Abbie Mortimer
Clock time	4.53	11.08	16.28	21.21
Indiv time	4.53	6.15	5.20	4.53
Team Rhodes (2nd Place)	Archie Rhodes	Lila Rhodes	Anya Rhodes	Simon Rhodes
Clock time	6.08	12.25	19.13	24.48
Indiv time	6.08	6.17	6.48	5.35
HCU Social	Rachael Shields	Hellen Collins	Ollie O’Sullivan	David Mackle
Clock time	5.19	14.35	21.16	30.10
Indiv time	5.19	9.16	6.41	8.54
Ariki Green	Sarah Longsbury	Charlotte Summers	Lola Saunders	Amy Porter
Clock time	6.27	12.39	19.37	27.49
Indiv time	6.27	6.12	6.58	8.12
Civil Family	Joe Connely	Jack Connely	Rose Connely	Matthew Connely
Clock time	6.04	13.45	19.50	26.26
Indiv time	6.04	7.41	6.05	6.36
Taieri (3rd Place)	Amanda Waldrom	Tarryn Fahey	Janice Finnie	Graham Murphie
Clock time	5.42	13.24	19.43	25.34
Indiv time	5.42	7.42	6.19	5.51
Caversham Social 1	Judy Robinson	Phil Coates	Vicki Evans	Grant Dowland
Clock time	6.4	13.08	22.52	29.40
Indiv time	6.40	6.28	9.44	6.48
Caversham Social 2	Gavin Chin	Lesley McCormack	Paula Cotter	Sophie Stokes
Clock time	7.53	16.19	24.35	29.52
Indiv time	7.53	8.26	8.16	5.17

Primary/Kids

HCU Kids	Alex Walker	Violet Pakeho	Alex Walker (2nd)	Alex Walker (3rd run)
Caversham Kids 1	Emily Rose Young	Lachie Rowley	Daniel Ryan	Leo Young
Leith Kids #1	Terrance Farella	Oliver Morgan	Rowan Hamilton	Archie Mckinlay
Ariki U12 Childern	Hugh Walker	Sammy Walker	Niamh Porter	Charlotte Summer/TBA
Caversham Kids 2	Zaydan Reynolds	Sammy Cotter	Quinn Reynolds	Emily Rose Young
Leith Kids #2	Daniel Morgan	James O’Neill	Ailish O’Neill	Dante Taigel-Pierce

Masters Women

Hcu #1 Masters Women	Georgy Pakeho	Barbara Patrick	Cathy Weatherston	Myrtle Rough
Clock time	6.21	13.41	22.24	30.34
Indiv time	6.21	7.20	8.43	8.10
Leith Masters Women #1 (2nd Place)	Siobhan McKinlay	Christine Montgomery	Jane Adams	Rach McKinney
Clock time	6.37	12.49	20.13	27.23
Indiv time	6.37	6.12	7.24	7.10
Caversham VW1 (1st Place)	Kirsty Eyles	Michelle Watt	Claire Anderton	Donna Young
Clock time	5.58	12.21	18.43	24.52
Indiv time	5.58	6.23	6.22	6.09
Caversham VW2 (3rd Place)	Celia Lie	Rebecca Webster	Donna Tumaru	Evelyn Armstrong
Clock time	7.26	14.33	21.41	29.17
Indiv time	7.26	7.07	7.08	7.36
Caversham VW3	Sue Kim	Janine Baker	Gail Sharp	Claire Giles
Clock time	7.15	15.30	22.49	30.20
Indiv time	7.15	8.15	7.19	7.31

Masters Men

High School Boys

HCU #1 Junior Boys (1st Place)	Luke Geddes	Matthew Bolter	Lachlan Crumpton	Archie Rhodes
Clock time	5.14	10.18	16.18	22.45
Indiv time	5.14	5.04	6.00	6.27
Caversham School Boys (2nd Place)	Ollie Young	Hadlee Edmunds	Patrick Cotter	Beil Brown
Clock time	4.55	10.43	18.32	24.57
Indiv time	4.55	5.48	7.49	6.25

Senior Women

HCU Womens #2 (2nd Place)	Shireen Crumpton	Ali Craigie	Leia Silby	Lilah Gilenberg
Clock time	5.43	11.32	17.39	23.51
Indiv time	5.43	5.49	6.07	6.12
Leith SW #1 (1st Place)	Lydia Patillo	Caitlin O’Donnell	Olivia Gold	Meriam van Os
Clock time	5.44	11.07	16.29	22.21
Indiv time	5.44	5.23	5.22	5.52
Leith SW #2	Sophie Smith	Gaya Gnanalingam	Zoe Van-Wijk	Claudia Sole
Clock time	5.46	12.04	19.02	25.45
Indiv time	5.46	6.18	6.58	6.43
Caversham Senior Womens #2 (3rd Place)	Becly De La Harpe	Sophie Stokes	Jordan Evans-Tobata	Gracie Young
Clock time	5.31	12.06	17.42	23.57
Indiv time	5.31	6.43	5.36	6.15
Caversham Senior Women #1 (Disqualified, runner ran twice)	Lehana Reeves	Julie Edmunds	Kirsty Eyles	Lehana Reeves
Clock time	5.21	10.58	16.27	22.06
Indiv time	5.21	5.37	5.29	5.39
Ariki Senior Women (Disqualified, runner ran twice)	Catherine Lund	Sue Cuthbert	Jen Waker	Catherine Lund
Clock time	5.23	11.52	17.21	22.46
Indiv time	5.23	6.29	5.29	5.25
HCU Womens #1 (Disqualified, runner left course)	Laura Bungard	Bella Bloomfield	Anya Rhodes	Lila Rhodes
Clock time	5.25	10.49	16.40	23.43
Indiv time	5.25	5.26 self timed @5.11	5.51	7.14

Senior Men

Race 1:

Name:	Time:
Leia Silby	5:51
Lilah Gilgenberg	5:52
Henry Eyles	6:04
Phil Morris	6:31
Barbara  Patrick	7.24
Cathy Weatherstone	8.09
Myrtle Rough	8.24
David Mackle	8.38

Race 2:

Name:	Time:
William  Scharpf	4:17
Ollie O’Sullivan	4:19
Josh Hou	4:21
Nico Alvarez-Rey	4:25
Jared Monk	4:44
Jake Owen	4:45
Elliot O’Sullivan	4:49
Tim Bolter	4:55
Luke Geddes	5:01
Matt Bolter	5:06
Tim Dawbin	5:11
Caitlin O’Donnell (Leith)	5:13
Steve Bloomfield	5:18
Eric Scharpf	5:19
Bella Bloomfield	5:22
Dwayne Sheddan	5:30
Anya Rhodes	5:34
Mark Geddes	5:34
Lila Rhodes	5:40
Ali Craigie	5:45

This week Hill City-University members competed in the combined clubs (Ariki, Leith, and Hill City-University) handicap 5km x-country at Rotary Park. The event was generously hosted by Ariki and was a great opportunity to bring local clubs together for the start of inter-club racing.

The Rotary park course is a challenging x-country consisting of 4 laps. It provides an excellent course to test yourself at the start of the season. It includes plenty of hills and grass running. The course loops through some interesting (and challenging) sections of Pine Forrest and is a great spectator course.

Junior athletes Cormac Moore (Hill City-University), Catherine Lund (Ariki), and Lila Rhodes (Hill City-University) all demonstrated their determination and ability over the course, all posting strong respective performances. Plenty of good racing to come from these junior athletes this year.

Mark Geddes (Hill City-University) had a strong performance, coming through the field to claim line honours. He consistently worked through the field and finished with a 1minute gap to second place. Caitlin O’Donnell (Leith) claimed the Silver and was the first female home, also claiming fastest Female time in an impressive and well-judged run. Luke Geddes (Hill City-University) claimed the Bronze with a sharp performance. This backs up a large 5km PB two days before, in the Leith Harbour 5km race. Another lap and he may have been clipping the heels of his Father Mark.

Prize giving was back at the Ariki Clubrooms. It was a good opportunity to mingle with local runners and discuss upcoming events. The Afternoon spread was a well-received treat after a challenging run.

The Next inter club event is the Lovelock Relay (Hosted by Hill City-University) at the University Oval on the 11/07/20. Teams for this event need to be sent to hcyharriers@gmail.com by Monday 06.07.20. Any questions please contact Oliver O’Sullivan 0277518895, oliver.osullivan@gmail.com

Results can be found on the Hill City-University website under results, or can be found at: https://hillcity.org.nz/2020/06/28/rotary-park-cross-country-27th-june-2020/

27 June 2020

Name	Time	Handicap	Actual time
Cormac Moore (2 laps)	21:13	6:00	15:13
Catherine Lund (3 laps)	29:55	14:30	15:25
Lila Rhodes (3 laps)	30:14	11:00	19:14
Mark Geddes	33:13	11:00	22:13
Caitlin O’Donnell	34:20	12:00	22:20
Luke Geddes	35:02	15:00	22:02
Matt Bixley	35:25	15:00	20:25
Cathy Weatherston	35:27	1:00	34:27
Dwayne Sheddan	35:42	14:30	21:12
Sarah Rhodes	35:49	12:00	23:49
Brent Halley	36:14	14:30	21:44
Eric Sharpf	36:21	14:30	21:51
Mark O’Donnell	36:25	14:30	21:55
Georgina Pakeho	36:28	12:00	24:28
Danny O’Sullivan	36:36	6:00	30:36
Mark O’Neill	36:44	15:30	21:14
David Mackle	36:48	1:00	35:48
Tim Dawbin	36.50	14:30	22:20
Ollie O’Sullivan	36.56	17:30	19:26
Helen Collins	37:05	0:00	37:05
Kirsty Gillon (DNF, 2 laps)
Barbara Patrick (DNF, wrong turn)
Christine Montgomery (DNF, 2 laps)
Russel Lund (DNF, 3 laps)